Tucked away in Japan’s countryside, millions of abandoned homes – known as akiya – sit empty, waiting for a second life. With property prices often shockingly low, these forgotten houses ...

(Kyodo) KUSHIRO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Seeing vacant buildings and houses in disrepair in Japan ... with many buildings abandoned and left to go to seed due to a lack of funds for their demolition.

or abandoned houses, are more prominent than ever in Japan’s cultural landscape. Foreign interest in the country’s empty dwellings has never been higher, and it is only likely to grow along ...

A new model of ownership is allowing middle-class families and wealthy vacationers alike to buy a piece of alluring ...

Japan's population is expected to fall by another 600,000 people this year. The shrinking population is already producing a surplus of housing units. There are many sightings of abandoned homes in ...

Today, the battleship-shaped land mass sits completely abandoned on westcoast Japan - with tourists drawn ... more than executives in Tokyo, with all homes decked out with the latest satellite ...

Rehabilitating abandoned and neglected properties is often not possible. It can take just a few years for vacant homes to transition ... In the coming years, Japan, Korea and a number of European ...

Also, many of the affordable houses in Japan are old properties, and there are rumors about elderly individuals passing away alone in these now-abandoned homes. (eerie sounds) Recently, a Twitter user ...

IT is 1700 in Madrid, under the reign of Philip V. A widowed duke has been grieving for a long period of time for his beautiful wife who died in a freak accident while astride a horse. The King has ...

South Korea-based Hyundai and President Donald Trump announced a $20 billion investment in US on-shoring on Monday, which ...